In the LAT, Lisa Dillman explains how the presence of Lela Nicholson might tip us off to the likelihood of Baron Davis suiting up tomorrow night.

In the Press-Telegram, Ramona Shelburne takes a stab at the Clippers' Five Burning Questions heading into the season.

Clips Nation's season preview is up. What are the team's biggest strengths? Steve rightly stipulates that we simply "don't know" since "they've never actually played together in a game." Is there a team in the league with more elasticity in its expectations? Unlikely.

Wages of Win has some interesting rookie projections. Using rookie data from the last couple of NBA seasons, Dave Berri discovered that you can tell a lot about a rookie from his preseason performance. He also factors in college stats. Guess who the top-ranking Clipper rookie is? Hint: It's not Eric Gordon.

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It looks like Baron Davis and Tim Thomas will play in tommorrow's season opener. Officially they are probable, which means that they could technically sit out if they have any kind of setback, but after talking to coach Dunleavy and both guys after practice today, it sounded pretty solid that they'd be out there. Both went through the full practice today. Read more: